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July 14, 2015

NSF Announces Automatic Compliance Validation Checks on Proposals

The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced that proposals submitted in response to Program Solicitations in FastLane will undergo a series of automated proposal compliance validation checks to ensure they comply with requirements outlined in the Proposal & Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (Chapter II.C.2. of the Grants Proposal Guide (GPG)). These checks will automatically validate a proposal for compliance against proposal sections per type of funding mechanism. For example, an error message will appear if a project description or budget are not provided in proposals submitted in response to a Program Solicitation.

Checks will be triggered when proposers select the Check Proposal,Forward to SPO, or Submit Proposal functions. Depending on the rule being checked, a warning or error message will display when a proposal is found to be non-compliant. If an error message appears, the proposal cannot be submitted until it is compliant.

Please note that these automated compliance checks will not be conducted on proposals submitted to NSF via Grants.gov.

Planning to take either the SoCRA or ACRP Clinical Research Certification exam this fall?

The Center for Clinical Research and Technology is offering a condensed, two-session series to boost your independent study at NO COST to participants. The Test Booster classes are offered only to those who are registered to take the certification exam.

To register, email Carrie O’Neill at Carrie.O’Neill@uhhospitals.org and include your confirmation email indicating that you are registered for the exam.

There are no plans to offer a certification exam in Cleveland this Fall.

NIH: Bioengineering Research Partnership (BRP): Non- or Minimally-Invasive Methods to Measure Biochemical Substances during Neonatal and Perinatal Patient Care and Research (R01)

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) invites bioengineering and biomedical scientists to collaborate in developing non- or minimally-invasive methods for measuring biochemical substances in connection with the care of perinatal patient populations. Lab-on-a-chip methods for rapid diagnostic or prognostic purposes are also encouraged.

The Clinical & Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) KL2 a post-doctoral training program with an emphasis on multidisciplinary clinical and translational research, offers an innovative career development opportunity for qualified candidates.
The CTSC KL2 is designed to train the nation’s future leaders in clinical and translational research, and is part of the NIH Roadmap aimed at “re-engineering the clinical research enterprise.” The CTSC KL2 has just welcomed this year’s cohort of scholars, who were selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants:

CTSC KL2 is now seeking applications for next year’s cohort.
Qualified candidates must:

Hold an MD, PhD, DDS, PharmD, PsyD, or equivalent degree

Demonstrate a keen interest in clinical research

Have an appointment in one of the CTSC partner institutions on or before July 1, 2016

Be a U.S. citizen or have permanent resident status

Each scholar will embark on a 4-year program of intensive training in multidisciplinary team-based, patient-oriented clinical research, combining an innovative curriculum with mentored research experiences.

Applications will be accepted between 7/1/15 and 10/12/15.

For more information, contact Beth Spyke, MPA, at spykeb@ccf.org / 216.444.2702 or Raed Dweik, MD, at dweikr@ccf.org / 216-445-5763. You may also request to schedule an information session.

The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation seeks to further the development of scientific leadership in the field of environmental chemistry with a postdoctoral fellowship program. The Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry provides a principal investigator with an award of $120,000 over two years to appoint a Postdoctoral Fellow in environmental chemistry.

The Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry is open to all academic and other not-for-profit organizations in the States, Districts, and Territories of the United States of America. Applications are accepted from principal investigators who have well-established research efforts in environmental science or engineering. These research activities need not be located in traditional departments in the chemical sciences, and collaboration across departments and institutions is encouraged. The postdoctoral fellow is usually not already identified nor in the principal investigator's lab at the time of application.

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